Bill Text: TX SB1346 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the prosecution of certain littering offenses.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-18 - Effective on 9/1/23 [SB1346 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1346-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 1346 |
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relating to the prosecution of certain littering offenses. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 365.012, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (t) to read as follows: | ||
(t) Chapter 15, Penal Code, applies to an offense under this | ||
section. | ||
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An | ||
offense committed before the effective date of this Act is governed | ||
by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, and the | ||
former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of | ||
this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of | ||
this Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1346 passed the Senate on | ||
April 20, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 3. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1346 passed the House on | ||
May 22, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 99, Nays 45, one | ||
present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |